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2.2 I am the man
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Slide 1 - Diapositive

Short quiz
What do you know?

Slide 2 - Diapositive

What is the government?
A
Ministers + King
B
The Senate and the House of Representatives
C
All Ministers
D
The Secretaries of State.

Slide 3 - Quiz

What is the Cabinet?
A
King + Ministers
B
All the ministers
C
Ministers + Prime minister + secretaries of state
D
The House of Representatives

Slide 4 - Quiz

What is another word for Parliament?
A
Cabinet
B
Council of Ministers
C
Government
D
States General

Slide 5 - Quiz

What is the Council of Ministers?
A
All ministers
B
Ministers + state secretaries.
C
The House of Representatives + the Senate
D
King + ministers

Slide 6 - Quiz

The French
  • France occupied the Netherlands from 1795-1815.

  • After Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo in 1815: The Netherlands had to become strong in case France tries anything again...

Slide 7 - Diapositive

A kingdom
  • The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg are combined:  United Kingdom of the Netherlands. 
  • William I becomes the king.

Slide 8 - Diapositive

Orange
  • William belongs to the family of Orange.  
  • They had an important role in governing the Netherlands before 1815.

Slide 9 - Diapositive

Constitution
  • A constitutionThe countries most important laws. The constitution states how a country is to be governed and what the rights of its citizens are. 

Slide 10 - Diapositive

Represent
  • The constitution: people's opinions have to be taken into consideration.
  • How? The parliament!
  • William is not really happy with this....

Slide 11 - Diapositive

Parliament
  • Parliament  consists of two assemblies: the First Chamber and the Second Chamber. 
  • They hold the legislative power: the part of the government that decides laws and rules. 
  • Second Chamber: chosen by the governers of the provinces...

Slide 12 - Diapositive

First Chamber...
  • Is chosen by William directly,
  • If the Second Chamber runs a bill the First Chamber has to approve of it. 
  • William still has a way of stopping things he doesn't like. 

Slide 13 - Diapositive

The constitution and William I
> King has the power to employ or fire ministers
> King treats his ministers as servants and orders them around
> The Netherlands is a constitutional monarchy, in which parliament and the ministers don't really have a say.

Slide 14 - Diapositive

Homework!
2.2 I am the man
exercise 1- 2 -3 - 4

Slide 15 - Diapositive

Nationalism in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Causes of the Belgian Revolution (1830)
  • South was mainly Roman Catholic, North was mainly Protestant.
  • Taalbesluit (1823) Dutch became the official language of the administration.
  • Dutch received the important positions in the army and government.
  • Belgians paid  most taxes.
  • Trigger or direct cause: Riots following an opera performance in Brussels.
Nationalism
Great love for one's country (also striving for independence)

Slide 16 - Diapositive

Nationalism in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
  • Belgians demanded their own country and a king of their own.
  • Willem I sent an army to suppress the revolution > failed.
  • Belgians declared their independence.
  • Willem I didn't accept this and sent a larger army. Tiendaagse Veldtocht (augustus 1831)
  • French intervention, makes the Dutch retreat.
  • Belgium becomes independent and Leopold I becomes the first Belgian king.

Slide 17 - Diapositive

1840: William II new king of the Netherlands
- conservative  (means he doesn't want change) 
- faced the threat of a revolution in his own country, especially in 1848. 
- All around Europe revolutions dethroned kings... uh oh!

Slide 18 - Diapositive

Explanation: William II
In 1840 William I was succeeded by his son William II

William II also wanted to rule like his father but from 1845 unrest in the Netherlands increased.

There was hunger and disease in the Netherlands and in other European countries the people revolted agianst there kings.




Slide 19 - Diapositive

Homework!
2.2 I am the man
exercise 5-7-8

Slide 20 - Diapositive

Which present-day countries did the United Kingdom of the Netherlands consist of?
A
Belgium, Cologne, Netherlands
B
Cologne, Luxemburg, Netherlands
C
Belgium, Luxemburg, Netherlands
D
Belgium, Netherlands, Germany

Slide 21 - Quiz

Put in the correct sequence (old to new)
1) Belgian Revolt leads to the Belgian separation from the Netherlands
2) First steam train ran between Haarlem and Amsterdam
3) Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
4) William I becomes king of the kingdom of the United Netherlands
A
1, 3, 4, 2
B
1, 4, 2, 3
C
3, 1, 4, 2
D
3, 4, 1, 2

Slide 22 - Quiz

The Belgian Revolution can be qualified as a nationalist uprising.
A
True
B
False

Slide 23 - Quiz

King William II of the Netherlans was a conservative, meaning he loved to change things.
A
true
B
false

Slide 24 - Quiz